2016 CSP Bundles
Bundles
An"enhancement" is a conservation activity used to treat natural resources and improve conservation performance. Enhancements are designed to maintain or exceed the quality criteria, or stewardship level, for the resource concern. Enhancements tied directly to conservation practices standards exceed the minimum treatment requirements of the standard to address additional criteria or considerations. Conservation practice standards and quality criteria for resource concerns can be found in sections II and III of the Field Office Technical Guide (eFOTG).
An enhancement bundle is a suite of conservation enhancement activities that when adopted and installed together address resource concerns in a more comprehensive and cost-effective manner. Installing bundles results in greater conservation effects than could be achieved through individual enhancements.
BCR10 Crop technology bundle 10 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BCR10 (Improves nutrient and pesticide application techniques and widens buffers)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: AIR04-Use drift reducing nozzles, low pressures, lower boom height, and adjuvants to reduce pesticide drift; AIR07-GPS, targeted spray application (SmartSprayer), or other chemical application electronic control technology; WQL11-Precision application technology to apply nutrients; WQL29-High level IPM to reduce pesticide environmental risk; and one of the buffer widening enhancements ANM32, ANM39 or ANM40.
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BCR11 Crop technology bundle 11 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BCR11 (Addresses orchard and vineyard resource concerns)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: AIR03-Replace burning of pruning, removals and other crop residues with non-burning alternatives; AIR04-Use of drift reducing nozzles, low pressures, lower boom height, and adjuvants to reduce pesticide drift; PLT15- Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat; SQL11-Cover cropping in orchards, vineyards and other woody perennial horticultural crops; and WQL29-High level IPM to reduce pesticide environmental risk.
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BFO09 Forest technology bundle 9 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BFO09 (Improve wildlife habitat, soil quality and forest health)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: PLT15- Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat; PLT21- Forest stand improvement pre-treating vegetation and fuels preceding a prescribed fire; SQL13- Forest stand improvement for soil health; WQL28- Biological suppression and other non-chemical techniques to manage brush, weeds and invasive species; and either PLT23- Conifer crop tree release, or PLT24- Crop tree release in young hardwood stands.
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BFO10 Forest technology bundle 10 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BFO10 (Improves wildlife habitat in hardwood or mixed forests)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: ANM12-Shallow water habitat; PLT15-Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat; PLT17-Create forest openings to improve hardwood stands; WQL28-Biological suppression and other non-chemical techniques to manage brush, weeds and invasive species; and WQL29-High level IPM to reduce pesticide environmental risk.
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BOI01 Ogallala Initiative bundle 1 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BOI01 (Improves irrigation water conservation and widens buffers)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: WQT01-Irrrigation system automation; WQT03–Irrigation pumping plant evaluation; WQT09-High level or advanced level irrigation water management; WQT10-Center pivot irrigation system end gun removal; and one of the buffer widening enhancements ANM32 or ANM40.
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BOI02 Ogallala Initiative bundle 2 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BOI02 (Improves irrigation water conservation and widens buffers)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: WQT03–Irrigation pumping plant evaluation; WQT09-High level or advanced level irrigation water management; WQT10-Center pivot irrigation system end gun removal; WQT11-Low elevation precision application irrigation; and one of the buffer widening enhancements ANM32 or ANM40.
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BOI03 Ogallala Initiative bundle 3 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BOI03 (Improves irrigation water conservation and widens buffers)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: WQT01-Irrrigation system automation; WQT03–Irrigation pumping plant evaluation; WQT05-Remote monitoring and notification of irrigation pumping plant operation; WQT07-Regional weather network; and one of the buffer widening enhancements ANM32 or ANM40.
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BPA09 Pasture technology bundle 9 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BPA09 (Addresses multiple resource concerns)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: AIR04-Use drift reducing nozzles, low pressures, lower boom height, and adjuvants to reduce pesticide drift; ANM03-Incorporate native grasses and/or legumes into 15% or more of herbage dry matter productivity; ANM27-Wildlife friendly fencing; PLT16-Intensive rotational grazing, and WQL07-Split nitrogen applications 50% after the crops/pasture emerge/green-up.
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BPA10 Pasture technology bundle 10 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BPA10 (Improves forage utilization)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: ANM25-Stockpiling of forages to extend the grazing season; ANM29-On-farm forage based grazing system; ANM64- Managing livestock parturition to coincide with forage availability; PLT16-Intensive rotational grazing; and WQL07-Split nitrogen applications 50% after the crops/pasture emerge/green-up.
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BPI01 Longleaf Pine Initiative 1 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BPI01 (Improves conifer forest health through prescribed burning and grazing management)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: PLT21-Forest stand improvement pre-treating vegetation and fuels preceding a prescribed fire, or PLT28-Prescribed burning to promote and enhance conifer forests and maintain a healthy understory, or PLT31-Forest stand improvement, prescribed burning-short return interval; and following four enhancements: ANM09-Grazing management to improve wildlife habitat, ANM11-Patch-burning to enhance wildlife habitat, ANM38-Retrofit watering facility for wildlife escape and enhanced access for bats and bird species, and PLT02-Monitor key grazing areas to improve grazing management.
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BPI02 Longleaf Pine Initiative 2 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BPI02 (Improves conifer forest health through prescribed burning and forest stand management)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: PLT21-Forest stand improvement pre-treating vegetation and fuels preceding a prescribed fire, or PLT28-Prescribed burning to promote and enhance conifer forests and maintain a healthy understory, or PLT31-Forest stand improvement, prescribed burning-short return interval; and four of the following five enhancements: ANM27- Wildlife friendly fencing, ANM55- Creation and retention of snags, den trees and coarse woody debris for wildlife habitat , PLT15- Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat, PLT27- Create small openings in pine stands to improve wildlife habitat or to prepare the area for natural regeneration, and WQL28- Prescribed burning to promote and enhance conifer forests and maintain a healthy understory.
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BPI03 Longleaf Pine Initiative 3 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BPI03 (Improves forest health and wildlife habitat through forest stand management)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes ANM42- Forest stand improvement for wildlife habitat and soil quality; PLT26- Forest stand improvement to treat understory vegetation to minimize the risk of damaging wildfires, and/or manipulate the density and composition of tree species to improve wildlife habitat and forest health; SQL13- Forest stand improvement for soil health; PLT23- Conifer crop tree release or PLT24- Crop tree release in young hardwood stands; PLT15- Establish pollinator and/or beneficial insect habitat or PLT18- Increasing on-farm food production with edible woody buffer landscapes or PLT29- Rehabilitating damaged or cut over stands.
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BRA10 Range technology bundle 10 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BRA10 (Addresses multiple resource concerns)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: ANM09-Grazing management to improve wildlife habitat; ANM64-Managing livestock parturition to coincide with forage availability; PLT02-Monitor key grazing areas to improve grazing management; WQL03-Rotation of supplement and feeding areas; and WQL29-High level IPM to reduce pesticide environmental risk.
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BRA11 Range technology bundle 11 Click for summary
Enhancement Name
BRA11 (Addresses multiple resource concerns)
Enhancement Description
This bundle of enhancement activities includes: ANM09-Grazing management to improve wildlife habitat; ANM11-Patch-burning to enhance wildlife habitat; ANM27-Wildlife friendly fencing; ANM64-Managing livestock parturition to coincide with forage availability; and WQL29-High level IPM to reduce pesticide environmental risk.
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